Wednesday 5 October – Friday 11 November 2022 5.00pm (AEDT)
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Design Speaks Virtual Portal
Virtual Event
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Program Info
As a driver for opportunity and independence, education has the potential to advance society as a whole and is an important investment for our future. So, how can architecture create learning environments with equity, community and longevity at their core? In this edition of Old School / New School, we hear from leading practitioners, researchers and educators from Australia and abroad as they discuss and interrogate architecture’s role in the future of education.
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Green Square School by BVN. Image courtesy of BVN.
Program.
Thinking Ahead: Designing the Evolving Campus Architects can iteratively contribute to the built environment of a school or university and, increasingly, we are seeing design experts consult on planning frameworks that guide prospective developments on campus. These projects involve future-focused design approaches that seek to connect new buildings with the existing context and the values of the particular institution. In this session, we explore this relationship between design thinking and the evolution of the campus. Speakers will share policies and research that speculate on architectural agency and the future of educational precincts.
Presentations Carroll Go-Sam, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Qld)
Simon Lyager Poulsen, ADEPT (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ali Bounds, BVN (Sydney, NSW)
Dissection An hour-long panel discussion with Carroll Go-Sam, Simon Lyager Poulsen and Ali Bounds.
Moderator: Adam Davies, Hassell (Brisbane, Qld)
Carroll Go-Sam is a senior lecturer and researcher at the School of Architecture, University of Queensland. She is a descendant of Dyirbal bama peoples of gumbilbara Country, from the upper Herbert and Tully bana (water) basins, North Queensland.
Simon Poulsen is a partner at architectural studio ADEPT, based in Copenhagen. As partner, Simon is one of the main forces behind the design and completion of some of the office’s most successful education buildings. After many years as project leader and lead designer, Simon took on the role as head of business development for ADEPT. In his role, Simon is committed to sustainable design – both in an environmental and social sense.
BVN co-CEO and principal Ali Bounds is both ideologically driven and pragmatic when it comes to making architecture better engage with our streets, neighbourhoods, cities and environment. The concept of experience is central in Ali’s approach to design. Her original thinking and expertise in user consultation has seen her projects recognised for design innovation and the buildings become high-value community assets stitched into their environs.
Ali is acutely aware of the responsibilities of an architect. She is committed to improving spaces for the client, for people frequenting them and for the planet. Her imprint can be found on award-winning projects spanning healthcare, research, education, workplace and adaptive reuse with pedagogical and research environments that push the boundaries and civic buildings that offer captivating journeys of discovery.
Adam Davies is a principal at Hassell, where he works as a sector leader for education and science and leader of Hassell's cultural and engagement group. He is a specialist master planner and designer focused on the education, science and health sectors. He has been the project director on numerous campuses' briefing, feasibility, urban design and master plan commissions.
